Moxa Technologies EDS-516A Series User Manual

Moxa EtherDevice™ Switch EDS-516A Series User’s Manual www.moxa.com/product Fourth Edition, June 2008 © 2008 Moxa Inc., all rights rese

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-33. The Communication Parameter page of the Property window opens. Select the appropriate COM port f

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-46. The Console login screen will appear. Press Enter to open the Account pop-up selector and then s

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-5Configuration using a Telnet Console You may use Telnet to access the EDS-516A’s console utility ove

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-63. The Console login screen will appear. Press Enter to open the Account pop-up selector and then s

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-7NOTE Before accessing the EDS-516A’s web browser interface, first connect one of its RJ45 Ethernet p

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-8 Disabling Telnet and Browser Access If you are connecting the EDS-516A to a public network, but do

33 Chapter 3 Featured Functions This chapter explains how to access the EDS-516A’s various configuration, monitoring, and administration functions

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-2Configuring Basic Settings The Basic Settings group includes the most commonly used settings req

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-3Password The EDS-516A provides two levels of access privileges: admin privilege gives read/write

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-4Accessible IP The EDS-516A uses an IP address-based filtering method to control access to EDS-51

Moxa EtherDevice™ Switch EDS-516A Series User’s Manual The software described in this manual is furnished under a license agreement and may be used o

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-5Port Port settings are included to give the user control over Port Access, Port Transmission Spe

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-6Speed Setting Description Factory Default Auto Allows the port to use the IEEE 802.3u protoco

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-7Auto IP Configuration Setting Description Factory DefaultDisable Set up the EDS-516A’s IP add

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-8Time The Time configuration page lets users set the time, date, and other settings. An explanati

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-9End Date Setting Description Factory Default User adjustable date. TheEnd Date parameter allow

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-10System File Update—By Remote TFTP The EDS-516A supports saving your configuration file to a rem

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-11System File Update—By Local Import/Export Configuration File To export the configuration file

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-12Auto load system configurations when system boots up Setting Description Factory DefaultEnabl

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-13Port trunking can be used to combine up to 8 ports between two EDS-516A switches. If all ports

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-14Configuring Port Trunking The Port Trunking Settings page is used to assign ports to a Trunk Gr

Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ...1-1 Overview

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-15Up Add designated ports into trunk group from available ports. N/A Down Remove designated ports

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-16These parameters are configured on the SNMP page. A more detailed explanation of each parameter

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-17User Auth. Type (for SNMP V1, V2c, V3 and V3 only) Setting Description Factory Default No-Aut

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-18Using Communication Redundancy Setting up Communication Redundancy on your network helps protec

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-19Initial setup of a “Turbo Ring” or “Turbo Ring V2” ring 1. For each switch in the ring, selec

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-20“Turbo Ring” rings with an odd number of EDS-516A units MasterSegment N+1 If there are 2N+1 EDS

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-21Ring Coupling for a “Turbo Ring” Ring Switch A: "Coupler"Switch BSwitch CSwitch DMain

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-22 ATTENTION Ring Coupling only needs to be enabled on one of the switches serving as the Ring Co

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-23Configuring “Turbo Ring” and “Turbo Ring V2” Use the Communication Redundancy page to configure

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-24Explanation of “Settings” Items Redundancy Protocol Setting Description Factory Default Turbo

Configuring IGMP Snooping... 3-49 Static Multicast MAC...

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-25Configuring “Turbo Ring V2” NOTE When using the Dual-Ring architecture, users must configure

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-26Coupling—Mode Indicates either None, Dual Homing, or Ring Coupling. Coupling—Coupling Port stat

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-27Coupling Mode Setting Description Factory Default Dual Homing Select this item to change to t

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-28 If STP is enabled, it will detect duplicate paths and prevent, or block, one of them from forw

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-29STP will determine which path between each bridged segment is most efficient, and then assigns

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-30STP Reconfiguration Once the network topology has stabilized, each bridge listens for Hello BPD

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-31y Bridge C is the Designated Bridge for LAN segment 3, because it has the lowest Root Path Cos

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-32Configuring STP/RSTP The following figures indicate which Spanning Tree Protocol parameters can

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-33Bridge priority Setting Description Factory DefaultNumerical value selected by user Increase

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-34Port Cost Setting Description Factory DefaultNumerical value input by user Input a higher cos

11 Chapter 1 Introduction Welcome to the Moxa EtherDevice Switch EDS-516A Series, the Managed Ethernet Switch designed specially for connecting Et

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-35The Traffic Prioritization Concept What is Traffic Prioritization? Traffic prioritization allow

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-36Even though the IEEE 802.1D standard is the most widely used prioritization scheme in the LAN e

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-37The EDS-516A supports two different queuing mechanisms: y Weight Fair: This method services al

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-38Port Highest Priority Setting Description Factory DefaultEnable/Disable Set the Port Priorit

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-39Setting Description Factory Low/Normal/ Medium/High Set the mapping table of different CoS va

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-40y Hierarchical groups—You could have one VLAN for directors, another for managers, and another

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-41Managing a VLAN A new or initialized EDS-516A contains a single VLAN—the Default VLAN. This VLA

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-42Sample Applications of VLANs using the EDS-516A Port 3 (Trunk Port, PVID 1)VLAN 5 Untagged Devi

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-43y Packets from device D will travel through “Trunk Port 3” with tagged VID 3. Switch B will re

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-44Port Type Setting Description Factory DefaultAccess This port type is used to connect single

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Introduction 1-2Overview As the world’s network and information technology becomes more mature, the trend is to use Et

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-45To configure the EDS-516A’s Port-based VLAN, use the VLAN Setting page to configure the ports.

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-46NOTE The physical network can have a maximum of 64 VLAN settings. Using Multicast Filtering Mul

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-47Network without multicast filtering 12345678Serial portsConsole LAN9 10111213141516IGMP Group2G

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-48Query Mode Query mode allows the EDS-516A to work as the Querier if it has the lowest IP addres

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-49Configuring IGMP Snooping IGMP Snooping provides the ability to prune multicast traffic so that

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-50Static Multicast Router Port Setting Description Factory DefaultSelect/Deselect Select the o

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-51Join Port Setting Description Factory DefaultSelect/Deselect Select the appropriate options

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-52Using Bandwidth Management In general, one host should not be allowed to occupy unlimited bandw

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-53Ingress Setting Description Factory DefaultIngress rate Select the ingress rate for all pack

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-54Message ExchangeAuthenticationserver(RADIUS)ClientEAPOL-StartEAP-Request/IdentityEAP-Response/I

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Introduction 1-3Useful Utility and Remote Configuration y Configurable using a Web browser, Telnet/Serial console, an

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-557. The authenticator sends “EAP Success” or “EAP Failure” based on the reply from the authenti

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-56Radius Server Setting Description Factory DefaultIP address or domain name The IP address or

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-57802.1X Re-Authentication Setting Description Factory DefaultEnable/Disable Select the option

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-58Using Auto Warning Since industrial Ethernet devices are often located at the endpoints of a sy

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-59System Events Warning e-mail is sent when… Switch Cold Start Power is cut off and then reconn

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-60Email Setup Mail Server IP/Name Setting Description Factory DefaultIP address The IP Addres

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-61NOTE Auto warning e-mail messages will be sent through an authentication protected SMTP server

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-62System Events Warning Relay output is triggered when… Power Transition (OnÆOff) The EDS-516A

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-63Configuring Line-Swap Fast Recovery Enable Line-Swap-Fast-Recovery Setting Description Facto

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-64y When using the Console utility, activate by first highlighting the Activate menu option, and

22 Chapter 2 Getting Started This chapter explains how to access EDS-516A for the first time. There are three ways to access the switch: serial co

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-65STEP 1 Configure the EDS-516A’s Mirror Port function from either the Console utility or Web Bro

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-66Using Monitor You can monitor statistics in real time from the EDS-516A’s web console and seria

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-67 Using the MAC Address Table This section explains the information provided by the EDS-516A’s M

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-68Using System Log Event Log Bootup This field shows how many times the EDS-516A has been reboo

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-69Syslog Server 1 Setting Description Factory DefaultIP Address Enter the IP address of 1st Sy

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-702. Warning messages will pop out to warn the user that the security certificate was issued by

44 Chapter 4 EDS Configurator GUI EDS Configurator is a comprehensive Windows-based GUI that is used to configure and maintain multiple EDS-516A s

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual EDS Configurator GUI 4-2Starting EDS Configurator To start EDS Configurator, locate and then run the executable file e

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual EDS Configurator GUI 4-3Once the search is complete, the Configurator window will display a list of all switches that

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual EDS Configurator GUI 4-4 3. Click the Upgrade Firmware toolbar icon, or select Upgrade under the Firmware menu. If th

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-2RS-232 Console Configuration (115200, None, 8, 1, VT100) NOTE Connection Caution! 1. You cannot con

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual EDS Configurator GUI 4-5Export Configuration The Export Configuration utility is used to save the entire configuration

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual EDS Configurator GUI 4-6Import Configuration The Import Configuration function is used to import an entire configurati

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual EDS Configurator GUI 4-7Unlock Server The Unlock Server function is used to open a password protected switch so that t

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual EDS Configurator GUI 4-83. The status of the switch will now read either Unlocked or Unlocked Fixed.

AA Appendix A MIB Groups The EDS-516A comes with built-in SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) agent software that supports cold/warm start t

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual MIB Groups A-2MIB II.10 – Transmission Group dot3 dot3StatsTable MIB II.11 – SNMP Group SnmpBasicGroup

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual MIB Groups A-3The EDS-516A also provides a private MIB file, located in the file “Moxa-EDS516A-MIB.my” on the EDS-516A

BB Appendix B Specifications Technology Standards IEEE802.3, 802.3u, 802.3x, 802.1D, 802.1W, 802.1Q, 802.1p, 802.1X, 802.3ad Protocols IGMP V1/

EDS-516A Series User’s Manual Specifications B-2Sensitivity: Multi mode : -34 to -30 dBm Power Input Voltage 24 VDC(12 to 45 VDC), redundant i